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EPOCHAL
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Highly significant or important especially bringing about or marking the beginning of a new development or era
Example:
an epoch-making discovery
Synonyms:
epoch-making; epochal
Classified under:
Similar:
important; significant (important in effect or meaning)
Derivation:
epoch (a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event)